PART IIIN.I.THE BOARD OF THE PENSION PROTECTION FUND

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

CHAPTER 3N.I.PENSION PROTECTION

Equal treatmentN.I.

Equal treatmentN.I.

155.—(1) This Article applies where—

(a)a woman has been employed on like work with a man in the same employment,

(b)a woman has been employed on work rated as equivalent with that of a man in the same employment, or

(c)a woman has been employed on work which, not being work in relation to which sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies, was, in terms of the demands made on her (for instance under such headings as effort, skill and decision), of equal value to that of a man in the same employment,

and service in that employment was pensionable service under an occupational pension scheme.

(2) If, apart from this paragraph, any of the payment functions so far as it relates (directly or indirectly) to that pensionable service —

(a)is or becomes less favourable to the woman than it is to the man, or

(b)is or becomes less favourable to the man than it is to the woman,

that function has effect with such modifications as are necessary to ensure that the provision is not less favourable.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not operate in relation to any difference as between a woman and a man in the operation of any of the payment functions if the Board proves that the difference is genuinely due to a material factor which—

(a)is not the difference of sex, but

(b)is a material difference between the woman's case and the man's case.

(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply in such circumstances as may be prescribed.

(5) This Article has effect in relation to the exercise of any payment function in so far as it relates (directly or indirectly) to any pensionable service on or after 17th May 1990.

(6) In this Article—